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B. W. HARPER;

WASH BOARD.

Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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WITNESSES v ATTORNEYS ture, aneat, cheap, and durable board pro UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ROBERT HARPER, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 'IO JOHN H. POLSDORFER, OF SAJME PLACE.

WIASH-BOARDQ srn'crrzcn'rion forming part of Letters Patent m5. 287,926, dated November 6, 1883.

, Application filed April 2, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ROBERT XV. HARPER, of Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State. of Indiana, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wash-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to wash-boards, and more especiallyto soap-boxes therefor, the object being to provide, as an article of manufacvided with opposite soap-boxes of peculiar form.

Hereto fore wash-boards have been provided with opposite soap-boxes formed by recessing the board or by bending or stamping a plate of sheet metal into the required shape and applying itthe board.

My invention is design ed to materially cheapen and simplify the construction of this class of wash-boards; and it consists in theimproved construction hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure lrepresents afront elevation of my improvement with a part broken away. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section", and Fig. 3 is atransverse section, of the same.

A represents the wash-board, having the usual side bars, 13 B, and asupporting-board, D, for the rubbing-surfaces, secured to said bars. The rubbing-surfaces G G are secured on opposite sides of the board 1) by inserting the inwardly-turned ends at of the zinc surfaces into horizontal grooves 9, formed in said board.

F represents a vertical bar secured centrally between the side bars, 13 B, the lower end of said being secured by a double-pointed tack, e e, to the upper edge of the board D, while its upper end is secured within a central recess, a, formed in the upper cross-bar, G, of the wash-board.

I) I) represent longitudint l grooves formed on the inner sides of the side bars, B B, and diagonally opposite each other, so that one groove 1) will be near one edge of one side bar, 13, while the other groove 1/ will be near the diagonally-opposite edge of the other side. These grooves b b are adapted to receive and secure the outer edges of soap-boards G and H, the inner ends of which overlap the opposite sides of the bar F, to which they are secured by tacks or nails, or in other suitable manner.

Thusit will be observed that opposite soapboXes-areformed, each box occupying half of 6 the space between the side rails, B B, above the rubbing-surfaces of the board.

I am aware, as hereinbefore indicated, that it is not broadly new to provide a wash-board with opposite soap boxes; hence I do not broad- 6 1y claim such a device; but,

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new,,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a reversi- 7 ble wash-board whose side bars above the rubhing-surfaces are provided on their inner sides with diagonally-opposite'longitudinal grooves adapted to receive the outer ends of soapboards, the inner ends of which overlap and 7 are secured to the opposite sides of a vertical bar secured centrally between the upper edge of the rubbing-surface support and the upper cross-bar of the wash-board, substantially as set forth. E

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. 

